File PhotoA female was student was robbed of her purse during a strong-armed robbery at MSU late Monday evening, according to campus police.

EAST LANSING, MI -- Campus police are investigating after a student was the victim of a strong-armed robbery late Monday evening at Michigan State University.

MSU police said a female student had her purse stolen at about 11:15 p.m. at the Business College. The suspect later discarded it.

The victim was not injured in the incident. She described the suspect as a white man between 19 and 21 years of age, between 5-foot-4 and 5-foot-6, weighing 150 pounds and donning a blonde crew-cut hairstyle.

The suspect was wearing light-colored shorts and a blue hooded sweatshirt.

Those with information on the incident are asked to call the MSU Police Department at 517-355-2222.